Many managers do not rest over the years. They are afraid that without them the company awaits collapse. Especially if it is a startup or small business, which leads only a few people. A boss woman to go on vacation is still terrible: congenital hyperships and the desire to do everything perfectly. Business coach Jeanne Lurie claims that we sometimes need to take a pause, and it tells that it is worth making a manager before leaving.
Plan your vacation at least 2 months
If you work in a large company, please check the entire management team about your upcoming vacation. Specify the accounting department and the personnel department, are there any planned government checks. Check period is not the best time to travel. Complete all the necessary strategic objectives-tasks that you can solve only. Do not delegate complex projects to employees, leave them for post-tab time. If you are a small business owner, teach a person who remains "for the older" to all nuances that you believe, he should know. But here you should be ashamed: not all tricks and lifehaki should be disclosed if you do not fully trust this person and do not want him to, gaining experience, left and started working autonomously. Although it, alas, happens quite often with any small business in any case.
Assign the deputy
Selecting IO for vacation time, make sure that the employee has the necessary qualifications, time and personal qualities for the execution of tasks set before him. Make sure your potential IO is interested in such experience. Preparation of a reliable person start a month before your own escape. One of the basic functions of your damage is to control the tasks you have set and the timing of their execution. So, by hanging the employee with duties, do not forget to give it to the authority.
Take a pause sometimes you still need
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Delegate duties and powers and find "extreme"
Let's deal with what it means to "delegate." Just not everyone understands what is behind this pleasant phrase. Delegation is not easy to shove out your business. This means to transfer them, without forgetting to explain in detail (better on points and in writing), which, why and how. In order to solve the task as quickly and effectively, it is not only responsibilities to delegate, but, again, and the authority.
Responsibility is not transmitted. This is a consequence of the transfer of authority.
Distribute your operational duties and routine work on qualified specialists who will be able to fulfill the task set before them, mark the specific results, deadlines and parameters for which it will evaluate the result.
Important moment: fix everything without fail in writing. Tasks and explanations must be recorded and send by mail, and do not voicate orally. Otherwise, some of them will not be fulfilled, and you will not even be able to prove that the task still stood.
Develop a force majeure plan
Develop the "X" plan in case of unforeseen circumstances. Instruct, again in writing, your deputy and other team members, what to do if something terrible happens. Write what exactly can be considered unfavorable situations that to take in the case of controversial or dubious situations to whom to write, call, etc.
Delegate your duties - in detail and in writing
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Keep your hand on the pulse
An important point that always forget: Do not forget to publish an order about the right signature of documents. Clearly specify who exactly and what documents are entitled to sign. Ask your checkout once a week to write you a letter report, suppose on Fridays at 10.00. Let it be reflected important information for you: the percentage of the implementation of the plan, compliance with the production plan, marks on the fulfillment of tasks and other important points. Select several Friday minutes to view. Of course, on vacation, most of all want to turn off the phone and forget about work at all. But you can hardly succeed. Read a weekly report - the optimal option.